Card holder por shoe racks



Oct. 13, 1931. GLIDDEN 1,826,769

CARD HOLDER FOR SHOE RACKS Filed May 9. 1929 Patented Oct; I3, 1931 UNETED STATES- PATENT. OFFICE 1 HARVEY L. GLIDDEN, or LEXINGTON, MAssAcHUsnrrrsfAssIGNoR T umrnnsnoa MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF JERSEY CARD HOLDER FOR SHOE RACKS Application filed May 9, 1929. Serial atale-e4.

This invention relates to card holders for" upon casters so that they can be readily moved about the factory. To facilitate the routing of shoes carried by such racks in order that the shoes may be presented for the performance of various shoemaking operations in predetermined sequence and to assist in ascertaining the progress of the shoes through the factory, the racks are provided with numbers. In addition to numbering the racks, upon occasion it is desirable in some way to indicate that a certain lot of shoes should be given precedence over others and, consequently, the racks carrying such shoes are marked Special, or Bush, or some other appropriate word. Cards bearing such numbers or words are usually detachably held upon upper portions of the racks so as to be conspicuously exposed.

The card-holding devices heretofore used in shoe factories for thepurposes above set forth have not been entirely satisfactory. Some of them are of such construction that they become readily displaced or broken, or are necessarily so located that they do not display the cards held as conspicuously as is desirable, or are difiicult of access, thereby wasting the time of the operator in positioning the cards. In other instances, they are objectionable in that they present sharp or proj ecting portions which catch in the clothing of operators handling the racks or subject such operators to injury.

In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved card holder for shoe racks which, while retaining the advantages of such card holders as heretofore constructed, will be simple and durable in construction, safe to use, easyjto operate and one which at all times will serve to hold cards in such manner that they can readily be seen. To this end there is provided a novel card holder consisting in a sup I porting member having a card-receiving slot therein and a retaining member comprising a plate formed of resilient material secured to the supporting member and havng a free endextending into the slot for holding a card in position in the slot. Preferably and as shown, the supporting member forms part of the frame, at the upper portion of a shoe rack and is provided with two parallel slots in which are received legs of a U-shaped plate,

formed of spring metal, the neck portion,

of which is secured to the supporting memher at a po nt between the slots. It will be seen that this device issimple in construction,

is one which is not likely to get outof order,

and is one in which there are no projecting parts which-would'belikely to scratch or cut a workman or to catch in his clothing. l*u1'- thermore, the device which can be used either for numbered cards or for rush cards, or both, serves to secure cards positionedtherein in such manner that they will extend above the'upper surface of the supporting member wheretheyiare readily visible. V The above-mentioned and other features of the invention including certain details of construction and combinations of parts will now be descrlbed wlth reference to the ac- States Letters Patent No. 1,687 ,930, granted I October 16, 1928, upon an application filed in the name of W. E. Coombes, to which constitute card-supporting members ibest l shown in Figs. 2 and 3, are provided with two parallel, spaced slots 18=,-- whi'chmay be produced by means of a saw or a routing tool. These slots are of fsufli'oientwidth} easily to. receive pieces of stiff 'eardboard or cards, such as a card 20,'and are of si1'fii'cient'* 1 depth so that a cardfwhen restingnpon the bottom of a slot, will extend .into the :supportingmember or hand-rail 1'61far enough]. so that" the card'willnormallybe iheld iin a substantially vertical position. 3

In order to prevent cardsfrombeingac cidentally;displaced or removed from the slots but-at the. same time to permitfftheir. removal" when" desired, 'yi'eld'ing ,means has been provided for retaining such cards, in i the slots". This means preferably comprises a plate'22 formed ofspringmetaland bent into the form'of an inverted Ug ftheudepend. ing 'legsf2 l"'(Fig.f {of Iwhichfare.,-insertedin the slots 18 respectively and theneck'por- :1 tion or which'is secured by escutche'on pins a g ven number is located with the result 26-"150 the hand-rail 16 at: points between the slots. The free ends'of the plate QQXfOrmin g the legs'Qat-nOrmally extend close to or, as shown inFig. 3,"in-to engagement with the outer wallsof the slots 18 in whichth'ey are positioned" These 'legs constitutefjs rings which'serve to' press cards positioned l1n the slots againsttheouter walls of the slotsl In'th'e operation of'the" deviceacard, such slots 18 and is pressed downwardly against the spring-action of the leg 24 untilfthe card rests upon the bottom-of the slot. The leg; 24: operates to press the card :against the souter wall of the. slot and retain it in substantially vertical position, with, the greater portion ofthe card'extending above the up per surface of the hand-rail.

By the useof holders constructed as above describedcards, bearing numbers or .other symbols may be readily seen. Where such holders are utilized in shoe racks: in the mannerabove set-forth it is possible to ascertain at a glance just where a rack bearing that it is possible readily to follow theprog ress of the corresponding lot of-shoes through. a shoe factory.

Having, described--my invention what I l" claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A card holder for shoe racks comprising a supporting member having a pair of parallel slots and a plate formed of resilient material. secured to. the supporting member and having ,jleg portions ewhich extend .into the slots in position to force against the walls of the slots cards inserted in the respective s ots;

2..JAicard ho'ldierzfo'rshoe racks. comprising a supporting member having therein a .pluralityl-..of.:parallelislots and a plate secured to the supporting member at a point between the slots and having-free end portions which are located in the slots in position to engage. cards inserted inthe slots between said endv portions and thewal'ls of the slots.

321A card hold'er'for shoe'racks comprising a supporting member havinga pair of slots.

therein-and a plate secured to the supporting member'between theslotsand having resilient 1 end portions which extend into the slots for and 'I'a card-retainin member comprising plate bentinto' the form'of-a 'U the 'IlQClCPOP' member between 'the. slots and thelegsi'ofwhich are-positioned in the slots and normal- 7 ly extend toward the outerwalls thereof."

Intestimony'whereof I have signed my. name vto this specification;

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